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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus metrics for patients in Saudi Arabia

Author(s) -

Asghar Nazeer,

Jaffar A. AlTawfiq

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.2249

Subject(s) - medicine , terminology , health care , epidemiology , psychological intervention , environmental health , family medicine , pathology , nursing , philosophy , linguistics , economics , economic growth

The World Health Organization recommends essential measures to "combat drug resistance", including instituting surveillance "everywhere". Standardized metrics are crucial for reliable surveillance. Studies publish metrics with varying definitions for multi-drug resistant organisms (MDRO). The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) proposed standardized metrics for MDRO for consistent reporting, identifying high-risk groups, and evaluating interventions.

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